Article for holding a cravat adjacent to a shirt collar



ARTICLE FOR HOLDING A CRAVAT ADJACENT TO A SHIRT COLLAR R. W. KERR' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct. 17, 1967 Filed Dec.

r lllll R. W. KERR Oct. 17, 1967 3,346,880 ARTICLE FOR HOLDING A cRAvAT ADJACENT TO A SHIRT COLLAR 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 5, 1964 INVENTOR. RAYMOND W. K ERR ATTORNEY United States Patent Ofiice 3,346,886 Patented Oct. 17, 1967 3,346,880 ARTICLE FOR HOLDING A CRAVAT AD- JACENT TO A SHIRT COLLAR Raymond W. Kerr, 838 S. 47th St., Lincoln, Nebr. 68510 Filed Dec. 3, 1964, Ser. No. 415,607 6 Claims. (Cl. 2150) This invention relates to mens neckwea-r apparel. In particular, this invention provides an article for removably attaching a cravat to a shirt collar.

Included among masculine wearing apparel is an elongate strip of decorative fabric, denominated as a cravat or necktie, said fabric strip being vertically employed to cover the buttons of ones shirt and to generally adorn the anterior appearance of a gentleman. A cravat is most commonly vertically supported adjacent to the shirt collar by tying the elongate cravat in four-in-hand fashion about the wearers neck under the shirt collar. Specificallythe four-in-hand method of vertically supporting the cravat entails tying the cravat into a slip-knot noose about the wearers neck, the two cravat strands being allowed to hang vertically downward from the tightlyslipped knot so as to conceal the shirt buttons and to thus adorn the wearers shirt front.

It is desirable that a four-in-hand cravat be knotted in such fashion that the vertically hanging two free strands are in superimposed relationship, the outer strand (that which is viewable to an observer) being only slightly longer than the inner strand (that which is immediately adjacent to the wearers shirt front). As any gentleman can attest, it is no simple matter to knot a cravat so that the outer hanging strand is only slightly longer than the inner free strand. Countless gentlemen can attest to the fact that it can be a tedious and irksome task to so properly knot a cravat, especially when one is pressed for time in the accomplishment of said task. Further, because a cravat should properly be untied after use to retard wrinkling thereof, members of the masculine sex are subjected to this vexatious and time-consuming task almost daily, and at a time when a prospective wearer is usually pressed for time. Even if a cravat is untied after daily use, repeated use will eventually permanently wrinkle the tie to the extent that it must ultimately be ironed or pressed.

While the combined length of both free strands is appropriately of about 32 inches, most cravats are furnished in lengths of 56 inches, some 24 inches being required to encircle the wearers neck and to tie the fourin-hand knot.

Recent fashion trends call for some type of special adornment on the knotted portion of a cravat. In fact, many cravats include an integral emblem or design thereon, it being intended that said emblem or design appear on the face of the knot after the cravat is in position. To so knot a cravat that the emblem appears on the proper exterior position of the knot further complicates the already tedious operation of attachably positioning the cravat about the wearers neck. Fashion designers have attempted to devise other types of separable adornments for the cravat knot, but these have been invariably cumbersome and have not met with widespread success.

It is accordingly an object of the present invention to provide an article for vertically supporting a cravat from the shirt collar without the necessity of knotting the cravat.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method for vertically supporting a cravat from the shirt collar without concurrent introduction of permanent unsightly wrinkles into the cravat.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a means for readily and simply removably attaching a cravat to the shirt collar in such a manner that the downwardly hanging free strands appear to an observer to be extending downwardly from a conventional four-in-hand knot.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a special type of short length cravat that maybe comfortably and attractively worn without tightly encircling the wearers neck.

It is yet another object of the present invention to provide masculine neckwea-r apparel that may be conveniently and selectively adorned at the region of the collar.

These and other objects and advantages are accomplished by means of an article for attaching a cravat adjcent to a shirt collar and special cravats that may be used in conjunction therewith, said article comprising a yoke for surrounding the cravat, means for anchoring the cravat to the yoke, a hooked member for securely attaching the yoke to the collar, and an ornamental outer surface to adorn the yoke.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the preferred form of the cravat holder of the present invention, a portion of the outward ornamental cover plate being broken away to show constructional details.

FIGURE 2 is a side elevational view of the cravat holder of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 is a top plan view of a special cravat that may be utilized with the cravat holders of the present invention.

FIGURE 4 is a side elevational view of an alternate type of cravat holder of the present invention, a portion of a side panel being broken away to show constructional details.

FIGURE 5 is a sectional view of the cravat holder of FIGURE 4 taken along line 5-5.

FIGURE 6 is a side elevational view of another cravat holder embodiment of the present invention.

FIGURE 7 is a sectional view of the cravat holder of FIGURE 6, taken along line 77.

FIGURE 8 is a side elevational view of yet another alternate type cravat holder of the present invention.

FIGURE 9 is a top plan view of the cravat holder of FIGURE 8.

FIGURE 10 is a perspective view of yet another cravat holder embodiment of the present invention- FIGURE 11 is a side elevational view of the FIGURE 10 cravat holder embodiment.

As shown in FIGURES 1 and 2, one form of the cravat holder 10 of the present invention comprises a bottomless and topless yoke 11 having a front panel 12, a rear panel 13, and two side panels 14 and 15, said four panels being integrally joined together to form the box-like yoke 11. A transverse panel 16 is integrally connected to side panels 14 and 15 between front panel 12 and rear panel 13 so as to divide yoke 11 into a front compartment 17 and a rear compartment 18. It is preferable that the upper extremity 28 of transverse panel 16 be recessed slightly below the upper extremities of panels 12, 13, 14, and 15. Front panel 12, rear panel 13, and transverse panel 16 are of trapezoidal shape, the narrower trapezoidal base for these three panels being located at the lower portion 19 of yoke 11. Thus, the narrower trapezoidal bases of panel-s 12, 13, and 16, provide a wedge-like configuration, that narrows toward the yoke lower portion 19, for front compartment 17 and rear compartment 18.

Integral with yoke 11 of cravat holder 10 are means for removably attaching the cravat holder to the front of a buttoned shirt collar; herein shown as hooked memher 20.'Hooked member 20 may be integrally attached to yoke 11 in a variety of ways as, for example, by adhesively laminating hook shank 22 onto rear panel 13. Alternatively, shank 22 may be mechanically attached to rear panel 13 by a variety of well known mechanical fasteners. If the hook means 20 and the rear panel 13 are to be formed of the same plastic substance, these two components maybe integrally molded together. It. is desirable that hook portion 21 of hooked member 20 be formed of some type of resiliently deflectable springy material so that hook 21 may be easily inserted between the front of a buttoned shirt collar 23 and the wearers neck, the springy nature of the hook snugly holding yoke 11 against said collar 23. It has been found advantageous to provide a roughened or serrated surface 29 on the outward side of hook portion 21 so as to securely anchor said hook 21 against the fabric of shirt collar 23.

The forward side of yoke 11 includes an aesthetically appealing ornamental outward surface 26 to provide an exterior adornment for cravat holder 10. Ornamental outward surface may be integral with the forward side of front panel 12 or, as'is shown in FIGURE 2, may be in the form of a separable ornamental cover 24. Such a separable ornamental cover may be removably attached to yoke 11 in a variety of ways as, for example, by means of a plurality of sharply tapered pins 25 that are integrally attached to the rearward side of cover 24, said tapered pins 25 being wedged through perforations 27 in front panel 12.

Ornamental outward surface 26 may be provided in a variety of ways. For example, as highly polished metals or stones, fabrics of various types, or whatever may be deemed aesthetically appealing to the wearer. Further, outward surface 26 may be further embellished with gems, fraternal emblems, coat of arms, personalized indicia, etc. Moreover, the ornamental outward surface 26 may be provided in any number of shapes and contours. Because of the practically limitless outward ornamentations that may be employed, it is desirable to provide a separable cover 24 rather than to fixedly locate the ornamentation onto the forward side of front panel 12. If a fabric adorned separable cover is employed, it is conceivable to provide an adornment that will blend with almost any type of cravat that might be worn. It is desirable that the outward ornamental surface 26 be sufficiently large so as to extend beyond the confines of the rear panel 13 r so as to conceal the yoke 11 from an observer.

A cravat, e.g. necktie 30, is securely looped or folded about upper extremity 28 of transverse panel 16, the two cravat segments 31 and 32 passing through compartments 17 and 18, respectively, and extending downwardly of yoke lower portion 19. Yoke 11 includes means to anchor the cravat in its looped or folded condition. Specifically, two such cravat anchoring means are employed with the cravat holder illustrated in FIGURES l and 2. First, there is the frictional contact between transverse panel 16 and the fabric of the cravat adjacent to the loop or fold thereof. Secondly, when a separable ornamental cover 24 is employed, there are the sharply tapered pins 25 passing through perforations 27 and through that cravat outer segment or strand in the front compartment 17.

A cravat is conveniently inserted into cravat holder in the following manner. First, the narrower end of a conventional tapered cravat is inserted through the lower portion 19 of yoke 11 so as to pass through front com partment 17, then looped over the upper extremity 28 of transverse panel 16,. then through rear compartment 18. Then, the two ends of the cravat are held together with the fingers of one hand 40 while the cravat holder 10 is held tightly in the other hand. Next, the cravat is pulled strongly so that thenarrower strand is drawn about transverse panel 16 into equal length with the wider strand. In so pulling the narrower strand, the wider strand is tightly wedged into the lower portion 19 of front compartment 17, the wedged wider strand being thus given a slightly wrinkled or constricted appearance at its juncture with yoke 11. Finally, in the event a separable ornamental cover 24 is employed, the sharply tapered pins 25 thereof are inserted through perforations 27 and through i the outward cravat strand. Thus, the outward wider strand does have the appearance to an observer as descending from a four-in-hand knot within yoke 11. Thus, if the outward surface 26 is adorned with a fabric material that matches the cravat fabric, the appearance of the cravat and its holder ltl closely assimilates that of a conventionally knotted cravat. If the transverse panel upper extremity 28 is recessed below the upper extremities of panels 12, 13, 14, and 15, the folded portion of the cravat cannot be seen by an observer standing at the side of the wearer.

An alternate form of cravat holder 50, shown in FIG- URES 4 and 5, is of a simpler and more compact nature than that illustrated in FIGURES 2 and 3. Cravat holder 50 is in all. respect identical to cravat holder 10 except that: there is no transverse panel; front panel 42 and rear panel 43 of yoke 41 are located closer together to provide a narrower and more compact yoke; rear panel 43 includes a slot-like rectangular perforation 46 near the upper portion thereof; and the ornamental outward surface is provided by an ornamental cover 47 that is integrally attached to front panel 42. The absence of a transverse panel between front panel 42 and rear panel 43 in the cravat holder 50 embodiment makes possible closer spacing of the front and rear panels and provides a narrower and more compact yoke 41 that is not readily seen by an observer, especially if the outward ornamental surface of cover 47 is broader than the rear panel 43.

The cravat anchoring means for cravat holder 50 is a hook 48 attached to a rectangular ring 49 through which the cravat, e.g. 30, is looped or folded. A row of stitching 58 is optionally employed between both cravat segments or strands below ring 49 to secure the cravat thereto. Hook 48 is securely engaged through slot 46 of rear panel 43.

Another form of cravat holder 60, shown in FIGURES 6 and 7, has a yoke 61 comprising a trapezoidal imperforate rear panel 63, a front panel 62, and two sloping side panels 64 and 65, said four panels being integrally joined together in a box-like relationship. As in the previous embodiments, there isa hooked member 20 attached to the rear of rear panel 63, the hook portion 21 thereof being desirably provided with serrations 29. Side panels 64 and 65 are each provided with notched upper extremities 68 and 69, respectively, said notches being disposed between front panel 62 and rear panel 63. The lower portion 66 of front panel 62 is a bit thicker than the upper extremity so that the integral outward ornamental cover 67 is in an upwardly oblique relationship to each vertically hanging cravat strand. When the outward ornamental cover 67 is in this oblique or slanting relationship, the yoke 61 is desirably less obvious to an observer.

The cravat anchoring means for cravat holder 60 is a rod 71 having integral terminal flanges 72 and two bends 73 along the length thereof. The top end of a single strand cravat is looped or folded around rod 71 between the two bends 73 thereof. A row of stitching 74 is employed to maintain single strand cravat 70 in this looped condition about rod 71. Rod 71 is seated in notches 68 and 69 of side panels 64 and 65, respectively. Bends 73 maintain cravat 70 centered within yoke 61.While it is obvious that lit conventional two strand cravat could be similarly employed, with the single strand cravat 70 the front and rear panels may be located closer together so as to better conceal yoke 61 from an observer.

Yet another form of cravat holder 80, shown in FIG- URES 8 and 9, has a yoke 81 comprising a front panel 82 and a rear panel 83 resiliently attached together at the upper extremities thereof, as by means of molding said two panels together from a resiliently defiectable plastic material. Resiliently deflectable hook member 84,

including serrations 85, is integrally molded with said two panels, and preferably from the same plastic substance. The lower portion 86 of front panel 82 is a bit thicker than its upper extremity so that the integral outward ornamental cover 87 is in an upwardly oblique relationship to a vertically hanging cravat strand.

A cravat anchoring means for cravat holder 80 is a plurality of serrations 88 at the lower portion 86 of front panel 82 that engage a cravat, e.g. 90, enclosed between front panel 82 and rear panel 83. If a single strand cravat 90 having a permanent roll 91 at the top end thereof is employed, the roll 91 does provide additional means for anchoring the cravat to the holder 80. 7

Yet another alternate form of cravat holder 100 is that hinge type embodiment illustrated in FIGURES l0 and 11. The yoke of cravat holder 100 comprises rigid front panel 102 and rigid rear panel 103, the twopanels being pivotably joined together at the upper extremities thereof by hinge means. Hinge means may be ,a conventional two-plate hinge 104, each plate revolvably surrounding a hinge pin and each plate being mechanically attached to the upper extremity of a panel member. Alternately, the hinge means may be an integral spring type hinge, or may be a thin strip of flexible plastic material that is attached or molded to the upper extremities of the front and rear panel members. Hooked member 20, attached to the rearward side of rear panel 103, has been previously described and functions as means for removably attaching the cravat holder 100 to the front of a buttoned shirt collar.

The forward side of rear panel 103 includes a layer 105 of felt or other dense yet penetrable material that will securely yet removably engage sharply tapered pins 106 are an indispensible part of the hinge type cravat holder 100. Tapered pins may be integrally attached to the rearward side of front panel 102, or to the rearward side of a separable ornamental cover plate as in FIGURES 1 and 2, or to both. If ,a separable ornamental cover plate is to be employed, and if it includes the tapered pins as means to removably attach it to front panel 102, then front panel 102 desirably includes perforations to accommodate the sharply tapered pins 106.

Use of the cravat holder 100 embodiment is as follows. First, the front panel 102 is pivotably opened. Then, a cravat is folded, and the folded end is inserted between the front panel 102 and is placed against rear panel 103 adjacent to hinge means, e.g. 104. Next, the front panel 102 is pivotably closed tightly against the folded cravat, the integral pins 106 piercing the cravat and the penetrable layer 105 of rear panel 103. Thus, the sharply tapered pins 106, passing through the cravat and tightly engaged by penetrable layer 105, act as means to anchor the cravat to the cravat holder 100.

As has been noted, a conventional cravat may be employed with all five illustrative cravat holders 10, 50, 60, 80, and 100, heretofore described. A conventional cravat comprises an elongate strip of cloth, the two elongate borders thereof being doubled-back toward one another so that the two elongate cloth termini, e.g. 36 and 37, are adjacently positioned on but one of the two flat surfaces of the cravat. That fiat surface upon which the elongate cloth termini appear is commonly denominated the open surface of the cravat, while the reverse flat surface is commonly designated the closed or finished surface. It is, of course, desired that the closed or finished surface be exposed to an observer when the cravat is worn. For example, when a conventional cravat is tied in fourin-hand fashion to provide a slip-knot noose about the wearers neck, both cravat strands have the closed flat surface exposed outwardly. While it is not strictly necessary that the inner strand have its closed surface outwardly exposed, especially if a tie tack is used to pin the two hanging strands together, social propriety seems to require that even the inner strand have its closed side facing outwardly of the wearer.

If a conventional cravat is employed with the five illustrative cravat holders 10, 50, 60, 80, and 100, of the present invention, it is obvious that the closed fiat surface of the inner cravat strand will be turned toward the wearer, thus leaving the unsightly open surface being turned toward an observer. Obviously, a tie tack may be employed to cover the open surface of the lower strand with the normally wider outer strand. However, for those cravat wearers who desire to utilize the cravat holder of the present invention, the following dual-segment cravat is proposed.

The special cravat 30 shown in FIGURE 3 comprises two aligned segments including a wider segment 31 and a narrower segment 32. Segments 31 and 32 are integrally attached together as by means of a row of stitching 33. Each segment consists of an elongate strip of cloth, the two elongate borders being doubled-back over the strip so that the two elongate cloth termini, e.g. 36 and 37, are adjacently disposed and are exposed only on one open surface of the segment. The reverse surface of the segment is so denominated the closed surface because the elongate termini of the cloth strip constituent do not appear thereon. The two aligned segments are so sewn together so that each of the two cravat surfaces include one closed segment surface and one open segment surface. As shown in FIGURE 3, the upward surface of narrower segment 32 is closed while the upward surface of wider segment 31 is open, at its immediate juncture with segment 32. The respective sides of segments 31 and 32 are collinear so that the two elongate sides 38 and 39 of cravat 30 taper toward one another from wider segment 31 to narrower segment 32. The special cravat, as are most conventional cravats, may be stiffened with an internal cloth strip that is covered by the folded borders of the folded exposed cloth strip. Since this novel cravat is to be employed with the cravat holder of the present invention, and is not therefore to be knotted in four-in-hand fashion, its length need be only approximately 36 inches rather than some 56 inches for a four-in-hand cravat. Whatever type cravat is employed with the cravat holders of the present invention, it is unnecessary to knot the cravat and to thus ultimately permanently wrinkle same to the point of requiring pressing or ironing of the cravat.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood and further explanation is believed to be unnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An ornamental cravat holder adapted to be attached adjacent to the front of a buttoned shirt collar, said ornamental cravat holder comprising:

(A) A bottomless and topless box-like yoke member comprising a front panel, a rear panel, and two side panels all integrally joined together in a box-like relationship, said yoke including a transverse panel connected to said side panels between the front and rear panels so as to divide the yoke into front and rear compartments, the upper extremity of said transverse panel being recessed below the upper extremity of said yoke member, the lower portions of said front and rear panels being narrower than the upper portions thereof so that said front and rear compartments are of a wedge-like configuration,

(B) Hooked means attached to said yoke rear panel for removably attaching said yoke onto the front of a buttoned shirt collar, said hook being formed of a resiliently deflectable material so that the hook normally draws the yoke against the shirt collar, the forward surface of the hook being provided with serrations adapted to engage the fabric of the shirt collar, and

(C) A separable ornamental cover for said yoke front panel, said ornamental cover extending beyond the confines of said front panel.

2. An ornamental cravat holder adapted to be attached adjacent to the front of a buttoned shirt collar, said ornamental cravat holder comprising: a yoke comprising rigid front and rear panels pivotably connected together at the upper extremities thereof, said front panel rearward surface being provided with a plurality of sharply tapered pins, said rear panel forward surface having a layer of material penetrable by said sharply tapered pins yet of sufficient density to secure said penetrating pins, means attached to said rear panel for removably attaching said yoke adjacent to the front of a buttoned shirt collar, and an ornamental outer surface for said yoke front panel that obscures said yoke rear panel from the forward view of said cravat holder.

3. An ornamental cravat holder adapted to be attached to the front of a buttoned shirt collar, said ornamental cravat holder comprising: a yoke comprising front and rear panels resiliently connected together at the upper extremities thereof, said front panel being thicker at the lower extremity, one of said panels being serrated to anchor a vertically hanging cravat between said resiliently connected panels, means attached to said yoke for removably attaching said yoke onto the front of a buttoned shirt collar, and an ornamental cover plate integrally attached to said front panel, said cover plate being larger than the rear panel and being in an upwardly oblique relationship to the vertical.

4. An ornamental cravat holder adapted to be removably attached adjacent to the front side of a buttoned shirt collar, said ornamental cravat holder comprising: A bottomless and topless box-like yoke member comprising a front panel, a rear panel, and two side panels all integrally joined together in a box-like relationship, said two side panels being each provided with a notched upper extremity between the front and rear panels, and a rod adapted to anchor at cravat folded therearound within said box-like yoke member, said rod-like cravat anchoring means being removably seated within the notched upper extremity of said side panels; an ornamental cover attached to the yoke frontpanel to provide an ornamental outward surface for said cravat holder and said ornamental cravat holder including integral hooked means extending rearwardly of the yoke rear panel for removably attaching said cravat holder to the front of a buttoned shirt collar.

5. An ornamental cravat holder adapted to be removably attached adjacent to the front side of a buttoned shirt collar, said ornamental cravat holder comprising: A bottomless and topless box-like yoke member comprising a front panel, a rear panel, and two side panels 8. all integrally joined together in a box-like relationship, said two side panels being each provided with a notched upper. extremity between the front and rear panels, and

a rod having terminal flanged portions, said terminally flanged rod being adapted to anchor a cravat folded therearound within said box-like yoke member, said rodlike cravat anchoring means being removably seated within the notched portions of the side panels; an ornamental cover attached to the yoke front panel to provide an ornamental outward surface for said cravat holder, said ornamental cover extending beyond the confines of the yoke front panel; and said ornamental cravat holder including an integral hook extending rearwardly of the yoke rear panel to provide a means for removably attaching said cravat holder to the front of a buttoned shirt collar, said hook being formed of a resiliently defiectable material so that the hook is adapted to draw the yoke against the shirt collar, the forward surface of the hook being provided with serrations adapted to engage the fabric of the shirt collar.

6. An ornamental cravat holder adapted to be removably attached adjacent to the front of a buttoned shirt collar, said ornamental cravat holder comprising: A bottomless and topless box-like yoke member comprising a front panel, a rear panel, and two side panels all integrally joined together in a box-like relationship, said yoke member including means to anchor a vertically hanging cravat between said front and rear panels, a separable ornamental cover for'said yoke front panel, said ornamental cover including means for removably attaching said cover to the yoke front panel, said ornamental cover extending beyond the confines of said front panel, and said ornamental cravat holder including an integral hook extending rearwardly of the yoke rear panel to provide a means for removably attaching said cravat holder to the front of a buttoned shirt collar, said hook being formed of a resiliently defiectable material so that the hook is adapted to draw the yoke member against the shirt collar.

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560,681 10/1932 Germany.

PATRICK D. LAWSON, Primary Examiner. 

1. AN ORNAMENTAL CRAVAT HOLDER ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED ADJACENT TO THE FRONT OF A BUTTONED SHIRT COLLAR, SAID ORNAMENTAL CRAVATL HOLDER COMPRISING: (A) A BOTTOMLESS AND TOPLESS BOX-LIKE YOKE MEMBER COMPRISING A FRONT PANEL, A REAR PANEL, AND TWO SIDE PANELS ALL INTEGRALLY JOINED TOGETHER IN A BOX-LIKE RELATIONSHIP, SAID YOKE INCLUDING A TRANSVERSE PANEL CONNECTED TO SAID SIDE PANELS BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR PANELS SO AS TO DIVIDE THE YOKE INTO FRONT AND REAR COMPARTMENTS, THE UPPER EXTREMITY OF SAID TRANSVERSE PANEL BEING RECESSED BELOW THE UPPER EXTREMITY OF SAID YOKE MEMBER, THE LOWER PORTIONS OF SAID FRONT AND REAR PANELS BEING NARROWER THAN THE UPPER PORTIONS THEREOF SO THAT SADI FRONT AND REAR COMPARTMENTS ARE OF A WEDGE-LIKE CONFIGURATION, (B) HOOKED MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID YOKE REAR PANEL FOR REMOVABLY ATTACHING SAID YOKE ONTO THE FRONT OF A BUTTONED SHIRT COLLAR, SAID HOOK BEING FORMED OF A RESILIENTLY DEFLECTABLE MATERIAL SO THATL THE HOOK NORMALLY DRAWS THE YOKE AGAISNT THE SKIRT COLLAR, THE FORWARD SURFACE OF THE HOOK BEING PROVIDED FROM SERRATIONS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE FABRIC OF THE SHIRT COLLAR, AND (C) A SEPARATBLE ORNAMENTAL COVER FOR SAID YOKE FRONT PANEL, SAID ORNAMENTAL COVER EXTENDING BEYOND THE CONFINES OF SAID FRONT PANEL. 